How To Install live-config on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-config
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is live-config
live-config is:
The Live Systems project maintains the components to build Debian based Live systems and the official Debian Live images themselves.
live-config contains the components to configure a live system during the boot process (late userspace).
In addition to live-config, a backend for an init system is required, such as live-config-systemd.
There are three methods to install live-config
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install live-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install live-config
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install live-config
Install live-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install live-config
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install live-config
Install live-config Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install live-config
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install live-config
How To Uninstall live-config on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the live-config
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove live-config
Uninstall live-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall live-config
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-config
Remove live-config Configurations and Data
To remove live-config
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge live-config
Remove live-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove live-config
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-config
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.